Talk:WASP-12b
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Designations for WASP planets
[edit]The correct designations for these planet are WASP-1b, WASP-2b, ..., WASP-15b, with no spaces. This is what is used by the SuperWASP web site . The use by the Extrasolar Planets Enyclopaedia of a space is inconclusive since this source uniformly uses lower-case letters preceded by a space for planet designators even when, as in the case of PSR B1257+12, this is definitely wrong. (According to this discussion, this is due to a software limitation.) Remarks on individual planets follow.
- WASP-1b. Discovery paper does not use space; SIMBAD does not use space. Other papers (e.g., ) also generally use no space.
- WASP-2b. Discovery paper does not use space; SIMBAD does not use space. Other papers (e.g., ) also generally use no space.
- WASP-3b. Discovery paper does not use space; SIMBAD does not use space.
- WASP-4b. Discovery paper does not use space; SIMBAD does not use space.
- WASP-5b. Discovery paper does not use space; SIMBAD does not use space.
- WASP-7b. Discovery paper does not use space.
- WASP-10b. Discovery paper does not use space; SIMBAD does not use space.
- WASP-14b. Discovery paper does not use space; SIMBAD does not use space.
Comparison point
[edit]Maybe it's just me but it seems like drawing comparisons to Mercury would also be a useful point of reference? Circéus (talk) 09:37, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
Color accessibility
[edit]While the size comparison to Jupiter in the infobox is informative of the planet's size and approximate color, it is almost impossible to see WASP-12b in the diagram. I'd suggest adding a thin outline around the edge of the disk, either in white or the approximate blackbody color . –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 23:42, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
- Isn't the blackbody colour more accurate anyways? There's no way the thing appears black with a 3000+ K temperature. 192.12.181.234 (talk) 20:20, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
Question
[edit]I have one small question, WASP-12b is REALLY close to it's star, and even though only 6% of the light gets reflected from it's surface, due to WASP-12b's proximity to it's star, the surface has very high temperatures, so theoretically, would the 6% of light that would get reflected from it's surface still make the planet bright due to the insane temperatures? Bruh 3326 (talk) 15:37, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, and the article unfortunately contain misleading data about the planet being dark as charcoal. That's not actually true, it is so irradiated it would actually be white/gray. 21 Andromedae (talk) 20:43, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
- That only considers reflected light. The day side surface is ~2500K and will also emit(not reflect) light like a black body of that temperature. Quoting the last sentence of the 'pitch-black' article, "Though WASP-12b reflects virtually no light, it does emit some: The planet is so hot that it glows red like molten metal, researchers said."--Noren (talk) 00:10, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
- Read another reference, 2500K is the overall temperature, the day side is closer to 3kK. --Noren (talk) 01:51, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
- That only considers reflected light. The day side surface is ~2500K and will also emit(not reflect) light like a black body of that temperature. Quoting the last sentence of the 'pitch-black' article, "Though WASP-12b reflects virtually no light, it does emit some: The planet is so hot that it glows red like molten metal, researchers said."--Noren (talk) 00:10, 21 September 2025 (UTC)